Oxford apostles: a character study of the Oxford movement / Geoffrey Faber

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books in association with Faber and Faber, 1954. 2nd edition. Softcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 442 pages; 18 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-423) and index. Contents: 1. Newman: The beginnings -- 1. Sketch of a background -- 2. Boyhood -- 3. Conversion -- 4. 'The deep imagination' -- 2. Newman at Oxford: the first phase -- 1. Matriculation -- 2. Sketch of a university -- 3. Undergraduate -- 4. Failure and recovery -- 5. Success -- 3. Cross-section -- 1. The parties in the church -- 2. Keble -- 3. Copleston and Whately -- 4. Hawkins and the oriel common room -- 4. Incubation -- 1. Pusey and Lloyd -- 2. Pusey -- 3. Shadows of coming events -- 4. The curate of St. Clement's -- 5. The Tutor of Oriel and the Vicar of St. Mary's -- 1. The new broom -- 2. The beginnings of leadership -- 3. Shock -- 4. St. Mary's pulpit -- 6. Secret forces -- 1. Froude and Isaac Williams -- 2. Froude's journal -- 3. Virginity and friendship -- 7. 'Becoming a churchman' -- 1. War in Oriel -- 2. First blows for the church -- 3. The church in danger -- 4. 'A vow had bound him' -- 5. The streams converging -- 8. Mediterranean interlude -- 1. First impressions of travel -- 2. The isles of Greece -- 3. Egesta -- 4. Naples -- 5. Rome -- 6. Isolation -- 7. Judgment -- 9. The whirlpool -- 1. Generalities -- 2. Beginning of the tracts -- 3. Hampden -- 4. 'Subscription' -- 5. The first victory -- 6. The zenith -- 10. The cataclysm -- 1. Earth tremors -- 2. Pusey in profundis -- 3. The fatal summer -- 4. Tract 90 -- 5. Retreat -- 6. The penultimate stage -- 7. Finale. Subjects: Newman, John Henry 1801-1890. Oxford movement. Church of England History. Christianity Great Britain. Great Britain Religion History 19th century. Other names: Faber, Geoffrey Sir. Genre: Bibliography.